Chapter 18: The Seventy-Five Ghost Divisions
Seventy-five Divisions
The god of the underworld, who is in charge of good and evil blessings, karma, and the cycle of life and death, is said to have seventy-six divisions (folk also called seventy-two divisions and seventy-five divisions, all of which are roughly said), and in folklore, the officials of the underworld of the seventy-five divisions are ghosts who are full of ghosts who are executed in the underworld, and they specialize in bringing evil spirits to hell. "Three Religions Sou Shen Daquan" said: "When Emperor Ming of the Han Dynasty, he named the god of Mount Tai as the marshal of Mount Tai, and was in charge of the distinction between the noble and the low of the inhabitants of the world, the long and short affairs of the Lu Branch, the books of the six cases of the eighteen hells, and the period of life and death of the seventy-five divisions. In the Song and Yuan dynasties, there was a temple in the east of Taishan Dai Zongfang, which was dedicated to the emperor of Xudu, with ten halls of the king of Yama. There is also a Songli Mountain Temple, and 75 divisions of the Yin Cao Difu are placed.
According to legend, each god has a name, the most famous is Yue Fei, the god of the Rapid Newspaper, most of the seventy-six gods are the gods in the history books; some are famous historical figures, such as the God of the Express and the Loyal and Filial Piety Division is Yue Fei, and the Urging God is Emperor Chongzhen of the Ming Dynasty; in addition, there are Taoist gods and characters in folklore, such as Xu Zhenjun, the god of yellow disease, and the god of poison is the Cowherd. Some of these figures appear in the records, but they are no longer recognizable, and some even confuse the age of historical figures.
In order:
1. Coach and sign the Division
Second, in charge of the Division of Life and Death
3. Charge the Division of Life and Death and Investigation
Fourth, the monk and Taoist priest of Zhangzhai
Fifth, the practice of merit
Sixth, the palm of the economic division
Seventh, the palm of the noble and lowly division
Eighth, the palm of the March long fasting division
9. Palm hook life and death division
10. Take charge of the division
11. The Division of Plundering Surplus Property
Twelve, palm increase blessing and longevity sushi
14. In charge of the office
15. In charge of the Department of Obtaining the License of Sinners
16. Palm Pleadings
XVII. Commander of the Cao Division
XVIII. Take charge of the Plague Division
18. Palm Bird Division
19. Ghosts and gods in the mountains and forests
20. In charge of the Department of Diseases
21. Palm Animal Division
22, Zhangshui Fu Division
23. Take charge of the Hell Division
24. Palm fifteen kinds of good life
25. Hold fifteen kinds of evil deaths
26, the master of the lonely soul division
27. Charge the rain and land division
28, Zhangfeng Bosi
29. Palm Contest Division
30, palm abortion and sub-division
31. In charge of the conspiracy department
32, the palm of the deception
33, the head of the monk Taoist Division
34, Zhangcheng God's Division
35. Thieves and thieves
36, Zhangshan Shenji
37. The head of the land division
38, the Palm Spirit Monster Division
39, the palm of the dragon
40, the head of the gods
41, the death of the division
42, the palm of the life division
43. Palm Tui Survey Division
44. Take charge of the pollution division
45. Palm release division
46. Palm Killing Division
47. Palm medicine division
48, Zhangshan Newspaper Division
49. Evil retribution
50, the palm of the loyal filial piety
51. Palm disobedience
52, the palm is born of the noble and low
53. Palm Note Fortune
54. Palm viviparous birth division
55, palm oviparous division
56, palm wet division
57. Palm Transformation Division
58. Palm Aquarium Division
59. Longevity Division
60. Palm sushi
61. Urging the Division
62. Palm Yellow Disease Division
62. Poison Division
63. Palm Accumulation Finance Division
64, the palm of the soul division
65. Palm to see the newspaper division
66, the palm of the righteous division
67. The head of the sons
68, the palm of the road division
69, palm mill survey division
70, the head of the capital judge
71, palm bitter Chu Division
72. Palm the Mind Division
73. Hold mercy on the divisions
74. Palm Express Division
75, real land division
The space in which human beings live, called the yang world, after the death of human beings, the space where their souls are located, is called the underworld, a large number of Taoist classics have the records of the underworld, all things have yin and yang nature, all things have yin and yang, which means that in the generation of all things, the form has yin and yang, and the spirit also has yin and yang, which is very detailed and profound, and here is only a point in yin and yang. Because in our traditional culture, there is also a saying that plants and trees become essences, such as "vine spirits and tree monsters", all things have spirits, and those who have spirits have the possibility to evolve into emotional species with high intelligence like humans, although this phenomenon is evolved by the human species, but like the low to the stone, trees have a trace of possibility, and there may be a chance to become a fact, and it is not limited to what we can see and touch, as well as the six realms, which are always contained in yin and yang.
The biggest one is
1. The Emperor of Tianqi Ren is in charge of the eighteen hells of the Netherworld. (Similar to the emperor, he manages everything in the underworld, and his rank is supreme);
2. Emperor of the Northern Yin Dynasty (similar to the Vice-Emperor);
3. Five Ghost Emperors (respectively, Eastern Ghost Emperor Cai Yulei and Shen Di; Western Ghost Emperor Zhao Wenhe and Wang Zhenren; Northern Ghost Emperor Zhang Heng and Yang Yun; Southern Ghost Emperor Du Ziren; Central Ghost Emperor Zhou Qi and Ji Kang. Similar to the emperors in charge of each region): respectively the Eastern Ghost Emperor Cai Yulei and Shen Di, the Ghost Gate Pass of the "Taozhi Mountain", the Western Ghost Emperor Zhao Wenhe, Wang Zhenren, the "Lingzun Mountain", the Northern Ghost Emperor Zhang Heng and Yang Yun, the Northern Ghost Emperor Du Ziren, the Southern Ghost Emperor Du Ziren, the Luofu Mountain, the Central Ghost Emperor Zhou Qi and Ji Kang, and the "Baoqian Mountain";
4. Luo Yu Six Heavens (similar to the rank of the prince, the following is the name of the palace, and the six days are the gods of the palace): They are the Heavenly Palace of the Yin Heavenly Palace, the Heavenly Palace of the Taisha Forgiveness Sect, the Heavenly Palace of the Heavenly Palace, the Heavenly Palace of the Heavenly Palace, the Heavenly Palace of the Heavenly Palace,
5. The Ten Palaces of Yama King (the right to judge and judge, if there is a crime, it will be punished, and if there is merit, it will be forgiven.)
The ten kings of Yama are the king of Qinguang, the king of Chujiang, the emperor of Song, the king of Qiguan, the king of Yama, the king of equality, the king of Taishan, the king of the city, the king of Bian Cheng, and the king of the wheel. The two characters are in charge of different positions) are: King Qin Guang, King Chujiang, Emperor Song, King of Guan, King of Yama, King of Equality, King of Taishan, King of the City, King of Bian Cheng, and King of the Wheel.
6. There are also chief judges Cui Fujun (only under Hades), Zhong Kui (only under Hades), Black and White Impermanence (under Cui Fujun, similar to a police chief, specializing in arresting people), Niu Tou Ma Mian (similar to the role of a servant), Meng Poshen (a doorman and the like), etc.
7. There are ghost pawns at the bottom.
8. The underworld is a place to manage ghosts and ghosts, and ghosts and ghosts are similar to ordinary people.
At least before the Zhou Dynasty, people believed that people divided their souls, and that the soul of the yang and the spirit of the yin form were combined to form a person, and after the death of a person, the spirit and spirit returned to the sky, and the spirit and spirit returned to the earth.
It uses the spirit and spirit to explain the evolution of human beings in the past, present and future lives, and divides the elven world into three realms: the earthly earth, the heavenly court of the heavenly gods, and the underground spirits. Huangquan may be the earliest concept of the underworld in Chinese religious beliefs. Later, in the Han Dynasty, the underworld in Taoism appeared.
After the introduction of Buddhism, under its influence, a systematic hell system was developed on the basis of the original evil Cao hell of Taoism, that is, the eighteen layers of hell. The concept of hell is greater than hell, and the concept of hell is greater than that of hell. The underworld generally refers to the space where the souls of the dead are located, so it is not limited to the underworld.
Hell refers to the place where the souls of the dead who have been imprisoned and punished for their great sins in life, and can be said to be the prison and execution ground of the underworld.